Brain computed tomography is a noninvasive, safe, simple and accurate technique for demonstration of intracranial pathology. This new method detects small variation in. tissue density by computerized assembly of information from multiple tomographic section through the head. This is the report of brain CT on 88 children who gave thn clinical symptoms and signs of neurogic disorder. These cases were managed... |
Forty-one cases of acute urticaria were treated in our institution, during the period of 1 year, from Aug. 1980 to June 1981. Throat culture were performed in 36 cases of acute urticaria in which the etiology was obscured. Urticaria appeared to occur more frequently in male than, in female by 2.6 times and more prevalent between 6 and 15 years of age. Out of... |
A case of Chedia-Higashi syndrome in a seven months old male was presented. The diagnosis was suspected by albinism, nystagmus, photophobia, cervical lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, past history of frequent infection and was confirmed by the peripheral and bone marrow findings of large purplish inclusion bodies in the cytoplasms of granulocytes and lymphocytes. A brief review of related literature was attempted. |
A clinical study of 320 cases of meningitis(purulent 124 cases, tuberculous 94 cases, aseptic 102 cases) in infancy and childhood, which were admitted to the pediatric Department of Keimyung University Medical College and Hospital during the period of 5 years and 6 months from January 1975 through June 1981 was made. The results were summarized as follows: 1. In age... |
A clinical study was made on 47 cases of acute lymphocytic leukemias which ad been treated at pediatric department of Keimyung University Hospital during the period of four and a half years from January 1976 through June 1980. 47 cases of acute lymphocytic leukemia occupied 73.4% of all acute childhood leukemia. Acute lymphocytic leukemia tends to have relatively increasing incidence... |
Body temperature and several laboratory tests including C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, leukocyte count and the percentage of neurophil leukocytes were determined on total 372 cases(male:221, female:151) of infectious disease which were admitted to the pediatric department of presbyterian Medical Center, Daegu, Korea during the period of 1 year and 7 months from January 1978 to July 1979. Following results... |
This is the report of the serum electrolyte changes of 351 acute diarrhea patients which were admitted to the Pediatric Department of Presbyterian Hospital, Daegu Korea, during the period of 3 years from August 1975 through July 1978. Following results were obtained. 1) Out of 351 cases, 276 cases(78.9%) were under 2 years of age. 2) 241 cases(68.6%) were males... |
This is the report of clinico-bacteriologic observations on the 1020 cases of pediatric infectious diseases which were admitted to the Pediatric Department of Presbyterian Hospital, Daegu, Korea during the period of July 1975 through June 1978. The Following results were obtained. 1. The organisms were cultured in 65 cases(6.4%) out of 1020 infectious cases. 2. Out of 65 postive cases,... |
Two cases of acute purulent pericarditis in a 10 years old male and 19 months old female were presented. In a 10 years old boy, the pericarditis was complicated to septicemia and terminated into possible constriction. A 19 months old female infant had isolated pericarditis and recovered completely after antibiotic therapy and pericardiocentesis. Hemolytic staphylococcus aureus was cultured from the... |
This study was conducted of changes of the serum electrolytes for 1410 patients admitted with the acute infections to the Pediatric Department of Presbyterian Hospital in Daegu, during the period of 2 years from Aug. 1975 through July 1977. The results were as follows : 1. Of the 1410 infectious cases, 458 cases (32.5%) showed hyponatremia. Most of the cases(82.5%... |
We have experienced a case of cryptococcal meningitis in a 8 years old girl, who was admitted to Presbyterian Hospital, Daegsu, Korea, under the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis at first. She was successfully treated with intravenous Amphotericin B. of 3 months duration. We made brief review of the related literatures. |
Clinical and bacteriological studies on the 118 cases of urinary tract infection who were admitted to the pediatric department of Presbyterian Hospital, Daegu, Korea during the period of July, 1965 throuth June, 1976 were subjected in this study. The following results were obtained: 1) Positive culture ratio was 16.5%. 2) Age incidence showed 1~6 years old group was most commonly... |
This is the report of clinical observation on seventy-four cases of pediatric empyema which were admitted to the Pediatric Department of Presbyterian Hospital, Daegu, Korea during the period of Jan. 1966 through May 1976. The following results were obtained. 1. Annual incidence showed no spacific prevalence. Highest seasonal incidence was in spring and winter(71.5%). 1-3 years old group was most... |
A clinical observation was performed on 19 cases of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, admitted to the pediatric department of preshyterian medical cneter during the past 4 years and 7 months from January 1973 through July 1977, and the following results were obtained. 1. The incidence of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis amont the total admitted patients was 0.34% with the increment... |
We have observed 416 cases of intestinal obstruction under the age of 15 years which were admitted to the department of pediatrics of Presbyterian Hospital, Daegu Korea during the period of 10 years from July 1966 to June 1976. The clinical and statistical review was made and the following results were obtained. 1) The common causes of intestinal obstruction were... |
This article is report of the study on the gastric aspirate findings in infants with pneumonia and in healthy controls. The materials were consisted of 20 cases of pneumonia and 20 cases of healthy controls under the age of 1 year who were admitted to the pediatric department and children's hospital of Presbyterian Medical Center, Daegu, Korea during the period... |